Contrarily to European languages, Japanese has many different pronouns for each person (I, you, he/she, we...). There are particularly lots of translations for 'I' and 'you' denoting different politeness level, degrees of familiarity, gender role and social standing. Learning these personal pronouns is particularily useful to read manga, which make bountiful use of them. Here are some of the most common pronouns.

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I" and "We"

Watakushi 私 : Most polite and formal version

Watashi 私 : most common. Used more by women than men.

Atashi あたし : Mostly used by young females. Sounds cute.

Atai 私 : Slang version of "Atashi"

Washi わし : Mostly used by older men to younger or lower rank people.

Uchi うち : Used mostly by women. A neutral version also refers to "us" (family, company, etc.) as opposed to "them" or "you".

Jibun 自分 : Neutral. Refers to the "self", so can be use for "I" or "you". "Jibun no" (自分の) means "my" or "your" and "jibun de" (自分で) means "myself" or "youself".

Boku 僕 : Common for younger men (sometimes women). Sounds more refine than "ore".

Ore 俺 (also "Ora" in dialect) : Used by virile or older men. Not as polite as "watashi".

The plural can be form by adding the suffix "-ra" (for pronouns that end in -e or -u) or "-tachi" (for those that end in -i and -a). For example : watashitachi, anatatachi, temeira, karera, aitsura... One exception is "ware", which plural is made by doubling the word ("wareware").